Acute and subacute toxicity evaluation of ethanolic extract from fruits of Schinus molle in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 441-447

  Ferrero, Adriana ^a   Minetti, Alejandra ^a   Bras, Cristina ^a   Zanetti, Noelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Functional observational battery; Motor activity; Rats; Schinus molle; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCHINUS MOLLE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOT; FRUIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PARAMETER; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SCHINUS MOLLE; TOXICITY;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; FRUIT; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

HEXAPODA; RATTUS; SCHINUS MOLLE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548390507     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.06.019     Document Type: Article

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